Keep your eyes on this one: Finland acquires long-range 155 mm munitions for our #K9Moukari SPGs, which will add "significantly" to the range of the system. #artillery #turpo=#säkpol
Obviously, L/52 guns, base bleed-projectiles, and so forth has meant ranges in general have been growing in recent years for artillery. However, Finland has already picked the low-hanging fruit, including getting the @Nammo 155 mm IM HE-ER (40 km range). nammo.com/product/our-pr…
Apparently this new round has "significantly" more range than 40 km. In 2017 Nammo Lapua said their most important project on the artillery side is a new long-range munition for the K9, and that the other Nordic countries are also planning to place orders. eduskunta.fi/FI/vaski/Julka…
So what are we looking at? My guess is the rocket-assisted 155 mm HE-LR @Nammo has been working on. That would put ranges at somewhere around 80 km. It is a highly specialised munition, but Finland has not shied away from expensive munitions before. nammo.com/story/the-rang…
Well, this was a curve ball! As noted in the thread it was widely reported five years ago that Finland had ordered the 155 mm IM HE-ER base bleed with 40 km range. However, FDF states the increase in range in today's order is from 30 to 40 km max range!
It seems someone has seriously spun either whatever the earlier order was, or (less likely) how big the step between the 2017 version and whatever this includes. Possible the original order was for a test/verification batch, and this is the first operational order.
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